Time card



' Mar. 27, 1923. 1,450,063.

E. R. CROCKETT.

THVIE CARD.

FILED OCT-21,1919.

WEEK ENDING AER. 6 ,l9LE

No. D19.

NAME JoknDoe, 5 I72 100 05000 MDRNING NOON NOON NIGHT EXTRA EXTRA 322 IN OUT IN OUT IN our TOTAL 'r|MF 0 %L H as.

Edward/Z. Gwckafir Patented Mar. 27, 1923.

EDWARD R. CROCKETT, 0F YORK, N. Y.

TIME CARD.

Application filed October 21, 1919. Serial No. 332,279.

T 0 cl Z to hem it may concern.

Be it known that I, EDvVARD R. CROCKETT, a citizenfof the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,.have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Time Cards; and I do hereby declare the follow ing to a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skill d in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The'ob'jectsof this invention are to pro vide a time card with means for readily a certaining wage earnings; to provide the scale of hours and earnings from which such wages for any numberof hours or fractional parts of hours may be computed; to not interfere with the use of the card with the time clocks now in use in any way; to avoid the necessity of complicated computations; to secure simplicity of construction and use; and to obtain other advantages and results as may be brought about in the following description.

Referring to the accompanying drawing in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts throughout the several views,

The figure is a face view of a time card incorporating my invention.

In the specific embodiment of the inven tion illustrated in said drawing, reference numeral 1 indicates in general the time card which is substantially the same size and configuration as cards now in general use for this purpose. This card has upon its face the usual cross lines 2 and vertical lines 3, which block the card into spaces for receiving the time clock stamp as is usual in cards of this nature.

Arranged convenient to said spaces is a table or scale at of hours and earnings from which wages may be computed. Preferably this scale of hours is divided into two parts, namely, one part 5 wherein earnings for fractional parts of hours are indicated and another part 6, in which whole hours are indicated. Furthermore, this latter portion of the scale is arranged adjacent the time stamp space and the horizontal lines 2 are utilized for separating the several elements of the scale. The portion of the scale indieating the fractional parts of hours may be conveniently placed above the spaces for the time stamp as shown in the drawing. it is understood that the particular scale is to varied according to the rate of pay, that is,

in any shop or oihce,-each employee will have a card upon which the scale is made up to agree with hisrate of pay. F or instance,.the card shown in the drawing is arranged to lndlcate the pay at a rate of 30 perhour.

Preferably, the whole number of hours is i p: made in even hundreds of hours, thatis, 100,

200, 300, etc, so that it is only necessary to place a decimal point in the rate of pay accord ng to the number of hours'worked. In carrying out this feature above menj tioned, the designation 100' is the smallest number of whole figuresYappearing,and. di;-

rectly under it is placed 03 000, which cates in dollars and cents (decimal point be I ing omitted) the pay for 100 hours. F or convenience in placing the decimal, it will be noted that the digit-s indicating the number of hours are directly above the digits of the wage earnings so that wherever the decimal is placed in the number representing hours, the decimal for the wages will be directly below it. Thus, if the pay is for one or ten hours, the decimal points are placed accordingly. Directly beneath the 100 hour rate, and preferably in a space divided off by suitable lines, is the designation for 200 hours and the corresponding rate, and beneath that 300, etc, up to 900.

Obviously, if the total time is any number of hours above 10 and below 20, it is only necessary to add earnings for the unit number of hours to the earnings for 10 hours, which will give the complete number; or if the number of hours lies between 20 and 30, it is only necessary to add earnings for the unit number of hours to the earnings for 20 hours, etc. In this way the wages for the week are very readily computed without pencil or paper and it is obvious to the wage earner in looking at his card whether or not the computation is correct.

While I have specifically illustrated my invention in connection with a time card and shown a specific rate, it is to be understood that I do not confine myself to such details but may employ other rates or cards. It is furthermore to be noted that the scale has been so placed upon the card as not to interfere with the use of the card with the time clocks in any way, thus adding to the desirability of the card.

As a specific example of use of the card, the same has been shown as having been used for one day, the time clock stamp showing the times which the employee went to work and stoppedfor lunch and left at night. From this it is easily ascertained the number of hours Which the employee worked for that day, as is usual, and in this particular instance amounted to 10%; hours. Of course" where the employee works for more than one day all of the total number of hours for the several days work will be added up and will constitute the t'ot-al time 'for which a space is provided at 'the bottom of the ea-rd; In the particular example shown, Where the tot'alftime amounts-to 10;}: hoursyt'he pay for the whole number of hours is-"obtained'by mentally placing a periodbetween thetwo cyphers of the 100 of the -s'c'alE' thusmaking it 10 to" correspond withthewhele number ofhours. Then by mentally *piacingw decimal point directly belowthedeeirnalpeint placed i'n;the 100' of the seal e, 'gives"the $3.00"as' the pay for 10 hours woek. Added to this pay of $3.00

fer 10" hrs; is the cents indicated under the 1;} in the scale', thus "totaling 3.075 as the total pay for 10%; hours. It is believed obvious from this simple example, how the card is to be used and therefore a more extended or elaborate description is not believed necessary.

whereby earnings for-tens or units may be determined by placing a decimal point accordingly.

2. A time card having thereon a scale showing hours'and earnings one above the other with the digits of one number arranged with respect'to digits of the other number so that the decimal pointsfmay be inserted in said numbers one below the other and thereby indicate the" wages for the number ofhou'rs sodetermined. v

"In testimony whereof I .afiix my signature.

EDWARD R. oRooKE 'T'; 

